France: Ongoing Support for Nuclear Energy
March 18, 2011Advertisement
With its four reactors, Cattenom is one of the largest nuclear power plants in France. Its construction began in the late 1970s, and it has long been controversial in the neighbouring countries of Germany and Luxembourg with concerns centered around its security. While the German is rethinking its nuclear energy policy, French President Sarkozy says that a nuclear phase-out in France is not on the cards.